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[Jonno from ERD]

Originally Posted by Renee

I'm sorry guys... but this has to be said...

Would any of you hesitate to kill a death adder or brown snake that bit and killed your child???
I live out on a property, and any brown snake that ventures near the house, better hope that it dosent get hit over the head by a shovel.

I'm sorry to say it, but, with toddlers running around, its just a risk that cant be taken. Weigh it up... the life of a snake, vs. the life of your child/sister/brother/nephew. Snakes are DANGEROUS! Just becasue some of us keep them as pets, it does not make them cute/cuddly, or less dangerous. They are a wild animal that has evolved over millons of years to KILL. That doesnt mean we kill every snake that crosses our path, we just need to keep them away from areas (like our homes), where we live, and our children play.

And yes, they do live in australia's campimg grounds and parks... but so do we. Is the life of a million snakes worth the life of one of your children?

G'day Renee,

I understand what that you are protective of your children, but you could kill every brown snake that you get on your property and will have no effect on actually keeping them away. For everyone that you see, there is 100 that you don't.

I think you are a bit misinformed about that danger and purpose of snakes in the wild. In a round-about way, snakes are designed to kill...just the same as nearly EVERY other species of animal on Earth. With the correct education and knowledge, they are no more dangerous than a horse, which no doubt you associate with fairly regularly considering that you live on property.

I think the problem is that people think that by killing snakes it solves the almost non-existent "safety" problem they impose. People have been killing snakes for thousands of years and it hasn't solved the problem yet, so maybe everyone should start searching for a better solution.

Cheers